Rikunarita-ORG/Wikinium huggingface dataset:
# List of heads of state of Ghana

Dis be list of de **heads of state of Ghana**, from de independence of Ghana for 1957 insyd to de present day.

| Portrait | N | Name  | Term of office | Political party |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Took office | Left office |
|  |  | Kwame Nkrumah | 6 March 1957 | 1 July 1960 | Convention People's Party |
|  |  | Presidents of the Republic of Ghana (First Republic: 1960–1966) |
|  |  | Kwame Nkrumah  | 1 July 1960 | 24 February 1966  | Convention People's Party |
|  |  | Presidents as Head of State (Second Republic: 1966–1972) |
|  |  | Joseph Ankrah | 24 February 1966 | 2 April 1969 | Military |
|  |  | Akwasi Afrifa | 2 April 1969 | 7 August 1970 | Military |
|  |  | Nii Amaa Ollennu | 7 August 1970 | 31 August 1970 | Independent |
|  |  | Edward Akufo-Addo  | 31 August 1970 | 13 January 1972 | Independent |
|  |  | Kofi Abrefa Busia (1913–1978) (*Prime Minister & Acting Presido*) | 1 October 1969 | 13 January 1972 (Deposed in a *coup d'état*) | Progress Party |
|  |  | Ignatius Kutu Acheampong  | 13 January 1972 | 5 July 1978 | Military |
|  |  | Fred Akuffo | 5 July 1978 | 4 June 1979 | Military |
|  |  | Presidents as Head of State (Third Republic: 1979–1981) |
|  |  | Jerry Rawlings | 4 June 1979 | 24 September 1979 | Military |
|  |  | Hilla Limann | 24 September 1979 | 31 December 1981 | People's National Party |
|  |  | Joseph W.S. de Graft-Johnson | 30 December 1981 | 31 December 1981 |  |
|  |  | Jerry Rawlings | 31 December 1981 | 7 January 1993 | Military |
|  |  | Presidents of the Republic of Ghana (Fourth Republic: since 1993) |
|  |  | Jerry Rawlings | 7 January 1993 | 7 January 2001 | National Democratic Congress |
|  |  | Ekow Nkensen Arkaah | 2 May 1994 | 10 May
1994 |  |
|  |  | Jerry Rawlings | 10 May
1994 | 7 January 2001 |  |
|  |  | John Atta Mills | 7 January 2000 | 7 January 2000 |  |
|  |  | Jerry Rawlings | 7 January 2000 | 7 January 2001 |  |
|  |  | John Kufuor | 7 January 2001 | 7 January 2009 | New Patriotic Party |
|  |  | Aliu Mahama | 7 January 2008 | 7 January 2008 |  |
|  |  | John Kufuor | 7 January 2008 | 7 January 2009 |  |
|  |  | John Atta Mills | 7 January 2009 | 24 July 2012 | National Democratic Congress |
|  |  | John Mahama | 24 July 2012 | 7 January 2017 | National Democratic Congress |
|  |  | Kwesi Amissah-Arthur | 6 August 2012 | 31 August
2012 |  |
|  |  | John Mahama | 31 August
2012 | 7 January 2017 |  |
|  |  | Nana Akufo-Addo | 7 January 2017 | 7 January 2018 | New Patriotic Party |
|  |  | Mahamudu Bawumia | 7 January
2018 | 7 January
2018 |  |
|  |  | Nana Akufo-Addo | 7 January
2018 | *Incumbent* |  |
|  |  | Aaron Mike Oquaye | 18 January
2018 | 25 January
2018 |  |
|  |  | Nana Akufo-Addo | 25 January | *Incumbent* |  |

* List of governors of the Gold Coast
* Lists of office-holders
* President of Ghana
* Vice-President of Ghana

* World Statesmen – Ghana
* Rulers.org – Ghana